The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-01
MINNIE 0Tl NEWS lTEl s.

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Tho homo for children and aeed women Of
Minneapolis Il nearly 5000 better. Oh ii
consequences Of q ball.
Webb. q twelve.year-old SON 81 ]. IL.
Smart, fell through the ice on the lake at
Pelican Rapids and was drowned.
In tho case OF Nels Holons. ON trial at
Fergus Falls for tho murder Of Lille Field,
the jury brought In verdict Of murder iu
the first degree.
A mass meeting at Red Wing demands
the removal Of tho yeforln school from St.
Paul to that City.
At Brainerd, Dr.. Hawley, dean OF the
Northern Minnesota deanery. who was just
recovering from a dangerous illness. slipped
and iell and ID again bedridden.
Chip Sherwood, Q former st. Paul resi-.
dent 10 thought to be drowned in Lake
Michigan.
At the annual meeting OF tho Nicollet
County Agricultural society the following
officers were elected: President, Martin
Peterson; vice presidents, George E. Case.
Andrew Nelson, p. H. McDermid: secre.
tary, John A. johnson; treasurer, A. J..
Lamberton.
The department Of chemistry in Carleton
college, at l;orthfeld, has just received q
very fine chemical bal ance to be used in
quantitative analysis. Becker Sons, Am.
sterdam, nro the makers. It IL capable OF
weighing to the thousandth part OF q
grain. The college library has been pre-.
sented a set OF Niles Weekly Register, sew.
1sl1.1s4s. This paper 10 authority on
all matters OF American history for the pc.
Rod covered by it.
Among the decisions handed down by
the supreme court was one in favor of DR..
James A. Quinn, as coroner of Ramsey
county, against DR.. j. c. Markoe: The
latter was given the Office by tho official
canvassers. The case was taken to the dis.
trict court, by decision OF which DR.. Mark 90
was compelled to vacate the Office. He
then appealed to the supreme court, taking
as one point that the use ''stickers' was
illegal. This point was overruled.,
Charles Shandrew. state insurance com.
missioner, has revoked tho certificate OF
authority of the Continental Life Insur.
ance company, OF Hartford, Conn.,, and
commanded it to cease business in this
state.
A. H. Lewis, prominent citizen OF Owa.
t"nna is dead. The Winona jobbers' as
ISOLATION has elected the following officers
President, w. ]. Landon; vice president,
Roscoe Doud; secretary, l.. 8. Bell; treas.
JUROR. Roscoe Horton; executive commit
tee, H. NJ. Kinney. G. w. Gregory, C. NJ.
Youmans.
Winona had u serious fire Sunday the
goth. 1t caught in the basement vi O
large frame building on West Fourth Street
owned by tho Gate City Carriage company
and formerly occupied by their manufac-
tory. The buildings destroyed were: First
Baptist church, value $4,000, organ, val
ue 81, 500, furniture 81 900. Gate City car.
rage building, $4,000; loss on stock,
$500. Two-story frame house, owned
BY Conrad ,Bohn. $1,So5; occupied
$500 on furniture. rwc-story frames nss
owned by Conrad Bohn, valued at 81. 800;
occupied by Joe Tisdale, who losee $500 on
furniture. Two.story frame owned by E.
s. Davis; loss $1,000. Barn owned by
Judge Wilson; loss $500, insured for 5000.
The totalloss is about 81 600; insurance,
$4,000.
This is said to have been the most pros.
porous year Duluth has had in the way OF
building and street improvements, and the
figures will run up to about 81, 600, 600, OF
one.half more than 1886.
The In ternational hotel of Anoka has
been sold to Jonas Brown of Minneapolis
for SIS, 900. It is supposed the pur chase
was made for Henry Webster, an old hotel
man.
In the district court at Fergus Falls, Pat.
tee and Rae & w. c. Crandall, druggists OF
Pelican Rapids. were fined $50 each for
illicit liquor selling.
The lumber cut in Minneapolis this sea.
son is estimated at 21O, 900. 900 feet.
Harry Ghostley. postmaster OF Champ
lin, dropped dead at his breakfa at table
recently, from stroke of npoplexy. He
represented Hennepin county in the legis'
latnre in 1878.
Senator Cushman K. Davis and wife
have gone to Washington.
Wilkins & Smith, OF the old Mower Coun.
ty bank, who were indicted by the grand
Jury have just given $1,000 bonds for
their appearance at the next term OF court.
A BRAN Ozmun, for many year. the most
extensive hardware dea Ter of Rochester,
was smitten with paralysis. His recovery
is doubtful.
John I. Hill and wagon shops adjoining
were burned. Loss, $1,000; insurance,
500.
Ole Holen, living seven miles from Twin
Valley, near Moorhead, froze to death.
Austin building improvements OF this
year foot up $2S9, 600.
At Fergus Falls Eugene Lucy, the slayer
OF James Gates, was convicted Of murder
In the second degree.
A courier from Rosseau lake brings
news OF a murder committed at that point,
being the extreme eastern point OF Kittson
county. The murdered man, Israel Ryder,
an Indian trader, was shot by Charles
Copenaz. an Indian residing on Rousseau
lake. The shooting took place during a
drunken spree, in which several Indians
took part. The Indians were not on
friendly terms with Ryder and the sup.
position is they took this time to kill him.
The courier reported that the murderer
crossed the line into Canada.
A young man named Michael Brown.
who was before the probate court at
litchfield, on q charge ofinsanity was pro.
nounced sane, which fact he verified by
stealing q farmers team, was captured
and lodged in the comfy Jail.
While in st. Paul some real estate boom.
ers presented President Clev Gland with re.
corded deed Of a lot in Oak ota county, nea,
St. Paul. The President returned q quit
claim deed, declining the cift-and now
the boomers have this lot back with auto.
graphs OF Grover and frankie.
Fred W. Bickel. the Duluth National
bank embezzler, has been bound over
Tor trial at the June term of the U. s.
court ut Winona.
George Snyder. OF St. Paul, or as he was
known by his friends, "Old George" the
bartender at the Astoria, at the old Met.
ropolitan and other hotels, died recently.
He was a remarkable character in some
respects, and always told his customers
that water was the best drink he knew.
George r. Thompson ia elected president
OF the st. Paul Carnival association, vice
d. r. Noyes, resigned.
At Lanesboro, Ole Krogan. stone ma.
son. was struck Ivy freight train. His
leg and arm were cut off, and he died soon
after.
Mrs. Nancy Banfitt. one OF the early act.
tiers Of st. Paul, died at Bayfield,, Wis,
at an advanced age.
Judge Mcclure has sentenced Andrew
Bergman, who vas found guilty of assault
on F. Roberts at the recent term OF court,
to two years in the penitentiary.
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